Nikki Butterfield

Nikki Butterfield will come in as the defending champion after beating out a tough field last year.

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Henning runs to victory and Butterfield breaks the field on the final 30 miles of the bike.

Butterfield will need to boost his world ranking to earn an Olympic berth.

Belgium's Bart Aernouts ran his way to the front for the men, while Australia's Nikki Butterfield beat out pre-race favorite Caroline Steffen on the women's side at the Ironman 70.3 Syracuse triathlon.